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>11.1. <A
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>11.2. <A
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>"The similarities of sysadmins and drug
	dealers: both measure stuff in Ks, and both have users."</SPAN
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	(Old, tired computer joke.)</P
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> This chapter explains how to create new user accounts,
	how to modify the properties of those accounts, and how to remove
	the accounts.  Different Linux systems have different tools for
	doing this.</P
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